. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SG/N/16/IND/8 
9 January 2012 
 (12-0077) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF TRANSITIONAL PRODUCT-SPECIFIC 
SAFEGUARD MEASURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 16 OF PART I  
OF THE PROTOCOL ON THE ACCESSION OF  
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
 
INDIA 
 
(Carbon black) 
 
 
 The following communication, 2 January 2012, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of India.   
 
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1. Evidence of Market disruption or th reat thereof caused by increased import. 
 
 Imports of Carbon Black from People's Republic  of China into India have shown sharp 
increase in absolute terms as well as in relative terms.   The threat of market disruption is visible from 
the data provided by the applicants for the pe riod Oct-Dec 2011.  The domestic production has fallen 
steadily from 163458 MT in Q1 (2011-12), to 148188 MT in Quarter 2 (2011-12) & further to 139746 
MT in Q3 (2011-12).  Capacity utilization of the domestic industry has declined significantly in the 
most recent period, from 90% in Q1 of 2011-12 to 77% in Q3 of 2011-12.  It has also declined from 89% in 2009-10 to 85% in 2011-12 (annualized).  Dom estic industry is suffering a decline in market 
share, sales, production and profitability as a result of increased imports of the concerned product.   
 2. Information on whether there is an absolute  increase in import or an increase in import 
relative to domestic production.   
 
The imports of the product under investigation have  increased in absolute terms as well as in 
relative terms.  It is also noticed that the rate of increase in imports from People's Republic of China is 
significantly higher than that from countries other than People's Republic of China, causing market 
disruption and threat of market disruption.  The data relating to imports of Carbon Black from 2008-
09 onwards till October, 2011 is as under: G/SG/N/16/IND/8 
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Financial 
Year Quarter Total 
Import Import from 
China (MT) Import from 
other countries Domestic 
Production 
(MT) 
2008-09  61813 13944 47869 416244 
2009-10  71876 17584 54292 492863 
2010-11  73146 18273 54873 585899 
2011-12 Q1 17057 5789 11268 163458 
 Q2 34675 25772 8903 148188 
 OCT,11 12216 9385 2831 46582 
 Q3 36648 28155 8493 139746 
2011-12 Annualised 109625 70193 39432 614105 
 
3. Precise description of the product involved. 
 
The product involved is 'Carbon Black', classified under Customs subheading No. 28030010 
under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. 
 
4. Further information 
 
 The notice of initiation of safeguard inv estigation was published on 2 December 2011. 
 
5. All interested parties may make their views known within a period of 30 days from the date of 
this notice to:  
The Director General (Safeguards) 
Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan: 2nd Floor, 
Bhai Vir Singh Marg, 
Gole Market, New Delhi-110 001, INDIA. 
Telefax:  011-23741542/ 23741537 
E-mail:  dgsafeguards@nic.in  
 
6. All known interested parties are also being addressed separately. 
 7.   Any other party to the investigation who wish es to be considered as an interested party may 
submit its request so as to reach the Director General (Safeguards) on the aforementioned address within 21 days from the date of this notice.  
 
(Indrani Dutt Majumder) 
Director General . 
  
 
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